[Via Middle English, French, and Latin from Greek syllogizesthai
(to syllogize). Ultimately from the Indo-European root leg- (to collect,
speak) that is also the source of other words such as lexicon, lesson,
lecture, legible, legal, and select.]

"To suggest that all this means, ipso facto, the media are politically
biased in their news coverage is syllogistic reasoning at its worst."
David Shaw; The More Pernicious Bias is Less Substance, More Fluff;
Los Angeles Times; Jan 19, 2003.

X-Bonus

I tried to find Him on the Christian cross, but He was not there; I went to
the temple of the Hindus and to the old pagodas, but I could not find a
trace of Him anywhere. I searched on the mountains and in the valleys, but
neither in the heights nor in the depths was I able to find Him. I went to
the Kaaba in Mecca, but He was not there either. I questioned the scholars
and philosophers, but He was beyond their understanding. I then looked into
my heart, and it was there where He dwelled that I saw Him; He was nowhere
else to be found. -Jalaluddin Rumi, poet and mystic (1207-1273)